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Ralf Schumacher recently injured four crew members without any intention during the last DTM race. I am sure most of you watched the footage on internet or TV. Lucky, no one is serious injured.

When I watched the footage, I remember a similar incident from Michael Schumacher during his career in Ferrari Formula 1 team. Nearly 12 years ago, Michael Schumacher caused an incident in pit similar to his brother. I remember the incident but cannot remember the cause of the incident. Most probably, Schumacher was told to go before the pit was finished.

The new FiatPanda 4x4 pictures are revealed recently and I can say one thing about it, Panda 4x4 looks way better than the normal Panda. The normal Panda does not offer a distinctive style, however Panda 4x4 is totally the opposite. Therefore, I wanted to mention about it.

New Panda 4x4 is offered with permanent four-wheel drive and electronic differential locks. The engines are 0.9-lt petrol with 85 PS and 1.3-lt diesel with 74 PS. Panda 4x4 offers six-speed manual gearbox with the first gear designed to act as a low-range for off-road terrain. I think new Panda 4x4 is not a bad option for going around off-road with these specs!

I usually don't write in Turkish but today, there is an exception. Recently, a comedy TV series called "İşler Güçler" started on Star TV in Turkey and became a phenomenon. However, they have a small mistake during their introduction.

The car they drove is a Porsche Boxster. They try to run the car but instead of engine decides to run, it generates white smoke. This probably mean, things did not went well under the bonnet. However, engine bonnet of Porsche Boxster at the rear and the smoke is coming from the front.

I know, if the smoke comes out from the rear, no one can see on TV, but I couldn't miss this funny mistake :)

Mercedes crash profilers, you may not have heard about this before. Actually me too! Crash profiler is a team working in Mercedes to investigate the real crashes, and improve the existing and future vehicles. Mercedes revealed a short footage about this team, and how they work. I hope Mercedes will expand this department to other countries as well.

MercedesSL63 AMG vs SL65 AMG, these are the two most powerful SL models offered by Mercedes. SL63 is a V8 engine with 537 PS of power and 800 Nm of torque and needs only 4.3 seconds to reach 100 kph (62 mph) with 9.9 lt/km fuel consumption and 231 g/km CO2 emissions. On the other hand, SL65 AMG is a V12 engine with 630 PS of power and 1000 Nm of torque and needs only 4.0 seconds to 100 kph (62 mph) with 11.6 lt/km consumption and 270 g/km CO2 emissions.

However, SL65 AMG is a not very good choice, because the V12 engine is very powerful and the amount of power cannot be used efficiently. 630 PS of power and rear-wheel drive is not very good option! Also, the V12 engine is heavier than V8 and leads to manipulate weight distribution of the SL and may cause understeer. Lastly,V12 engine produces 1000 Nm of torque and this causes to increase the weight to transmission to cope with the excess amount of power.

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and 4S are revealed today. Porsche 911 is the perfection in automotive engineering, for decade Porsche constantly improved the 911 and shift the bar higher. Even though, manufacturing of Porsche 911 is too much robotic and lack of emotional touch of a Lamborghini, Porsche 911 is still one of the best cars in the world!

With new all-wheel drive option in 911, everything got better. I really don’t like the rear wheel driven Porsche 911s. I don’t know why but, I would not buy a rear-wheel driven 911. I think it is a bit psychological, when there is an all-wheel drive option, it makes you feel more confident on the road and you don’t want to ignore this option. And you have the full power of the engine on the road.

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and 4S are available with 7-speed manual or 7-speed PDK (double clutch automatic gearbox). I highly recommend you to buy PDK gearbox, manual is the old technology! Depressing clutch is old school, sorry!

Technical details;

All new models have a 7-speed manual gearbox as standard, and the Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) gearbox is available as an option. The 911 Carrera 4 Coupé with 350 hp (257 kW) can sprint from zero to 100 km/h in as little as 4.5 seconds (Cabriolet: 4.7 s) and reach a top speed of up to 285 km/h (Cabriolet: 282 km/h), depending on equipment features. Fuel consumption with PDK is 8.6 l/100 km (CO2 203 g/km) for the Coupé and 8.7 l/100 km (CO2 205 g/km) for the Cabriolet.

The Coupé and Cabriolet of the 911 Carrera 4 S each have a 3.8-litre rear-mounted boxer engine that produces 400 hp (294 kW); this enables acceleration to 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds (Cabriolet: 4.3 seconds) and a top speed of 299 km/h (Cabriolet: 296 km/h) with a suitable equipment configuration. Fuel consumption values with PDK are 9.1 l/100 km (CO2 215 g/km) for the Coupé and 9.2 l/100 km (CO2 217 g/km) for the Cabriolet.

Ferrari’s Formula 1 steering wheel! Ferrari revealed one of the most secret part of the Formula 1, the steering wheel. Of course, it is not the first time Ferrari revealed the steering wheel but it is one of the biggest mystery of the Formula 1.

Just the steering wheel costs more than a family hatchback car and controls each minor control on the vehicle. The steering wheel in the footage is from Fernando Alonso’s car, drivers may ask individual steer wheels for better comfort!